Patent Application
20170013821
The disclosure relates to insect devices and more particularly pertains to a new insect device for attracting and killing insects.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a housing that has a plurality of apertures extending therethrough such that each of the apertures may allow an insect to enter the housing. A plurality of hooks is provided and each of the hooks is attached to the housing. A plurality of strips is provided and each of the strips is removably suspended from an associated one of the hooks. Each of the strips is infused with a chemical insect attractant such that each of the strips may lure the insects into the housing. Each of the strips is comprised of an adhesive material such that each of the strips may capture the insects.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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Each of the front side 20 and the back side 22 have a plurality of apertures 36 extending therethrough such that each of the apertures 36 may allow the insects 34 to enter the housing 12. The insects 34 may be bees, wasps, hornets or other flying, stinging insects. The apertures 36 are spaced apart from each other and are distributed between the first lateral side 24 and the second lateral side 26. The front side 20 has a first opening 38 extending therethrough to access an interior of the housing 12 and the back side 22 has a second opening 40 extending therethrough.
A hanger 42 is attached to the housing 12 and the hanger 42 is positioned on the apex 33 of the roof 18. Thus, the hanger 42 may engage a support 44 such that the housing 12 is suspended from the support 44. The support 44 may be a hook or the like that is elevated a distance above ground. A door 46 is hingedly coupled to the housing 12 and the door 46 is positioned on the front side 20 such that the door 46 selectively closes the first opening 38. A window 48 is coupled to the housing 12 and the window 48 is positioned on the back side 22 such that the window 48 completely covers the second opening 40.
A plurality of hooks 50 is provided and each of the hooks 50 is attached to the housing 12. Each of the hooks 50 engages the bottom surface 30 of the roof 18 such that each of the hooks 50 is positioned within the interior of the housing 12. The plurality of hooks 50 are spaced apart from each other and distributed between the front side 20 and the back side 22 of the housing 12. Additionally, the hooks 50 are arranged into a pair of rows 52 and each of the rows 52 is positioned on an associated one of the panels 32.
A plurality of strips 54 is provided and each of the strips 54 is removably suspended from an associated one of the hooks 50. Each of the strips 54 is infused with a chemical insect attractant such that each of the strips 54 lures the insects 34 into the housing 12. Each of the strips 54 is comprised of an adhesive material such that each of the strips 54 captures the insects 34 when the insects 34 land on the strips 54. Each of the strips 54 may comprise bug strips of any conventional design.
In use, the plurality of strips 54 is suspended from the associated hook 50 and the door 46 is closed to cover the front opening 38. The housing 12 is suspended from the support 44. Each of the strips 54 is replaced when each of the strips 54 becomes covered with the insects 34.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
